Notably, the increasing pollution of the river Ganges has been a critical issue for environmentalists and Hindu ascetics and who worship the Ganges as “Maa Ganga”.
Ranging from Ganga Action Plan (1986) to National Ganga River Basin Authority (2009), multiple committees and plans have been set up in the past but the outcome was zero. In spite of millions of rupees spent and loan amounting to Rs. 2600 crore taken from World Bank, the Ganges got deteriorated day after day.
Now, with Narendra Modi government in the center, drowning hopes of people get rejuvenated and they expect that the Prime Minister will undertake stringent steps to save the ailing Ganga.
At present time, Purification of river Ganges is the foremost expectation of the most Indians who worship it as goddess and mother, and those for whom it is a lifeline.
